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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how …
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record
Rahall calls meeting on W.Va.'s drug problemBeckley Register-Herald

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Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News
This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic

Schneiderman to Promote Drug Take-Back, Heroin Antidote Programs

Schneiderman to promote drug take-back, heroin antidote programs
His appearance coincides with National Drug Take-Back Day, when dozens of Capital Region sites are serving as locations where people can drop off their unused prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. "Having drop boxes available year-round in every …
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Give Back Your Expired, Unused, Unwanted Drugs Today (Saturday, April 26th)
Any prescription or over-the-counter drugs in a “solid dosage form” – pills, capsules, caplets – will be accepted. Sites will also take transdermal patches: nicotine patches, fentanyl patches, etc. … The involvement of the DEA's Office of Diversion …
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National drug take back day
Each year, millions of Americans abuse prescription drugs, and many of the medications are obtained from family or friends and likely found in home medicine cabinets. In an effort to prevent these drugs from getting into the wrong hands, the drug …
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‘Take Back Day’ to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse – WTHI

‘Take Back Day’ to crack down on prescription drug abuse – WTHI


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'Take Back Day' to crack down on prescription drug abuse
WTHI
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – A drug epidemic is now exploding in teens and pre-teens. Prescription and over the counter medications are becoming the high of choice. On Saturday, law enforcement agencies across the Wabash Valley hosted a Drug Take …
Prescription drug take back events hold hope for permanent drop-off locationsKRDO
Prescription Drug Abuse is Growing at an Alarming RateWAND
Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug AbuseKELOLAND TV
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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

National drug take back initiative hopes to curtail prescription drug abuse – KSN-TV

National drug take back initiative hopes to curtail prescription drug abuse
KSN-TV
Sergeant Scott Plummer with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says one goal of the initiative was to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse. “It's been shown that a lot of drug abuse in the house begins with prescription medications
National Drug Take Back nets 539 pounds in Sedgwick CountyKAKE

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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how …
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record

all 46 news articles »

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News
This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic

Barnes: What Needs to Change About How Abuse and Addiction Are Treated

Barnes: What needs to change about how abuse and addiction are treated
Drug abuse and addiction costs are estimated to exceed half a trillion dollars in this country, including health, crime-related costs and losses in productivity. — Dr. Nora Volkow, director of National Institute on Drug Abuse. • Prescription drugs …
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Uruguay may treat drugaddicted prisoners with medical weed
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Furthering its international reputation as a cannabis vanguard, this small South American country could start treating its drug-addicted prisoners with medical marijuana. How serious Uruguay is about allowing … from marijuana …
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The Music Hall showing eye-opening film about drug abuse
Peter Shumlin's recent State of the State address, as the governor stressed the growing drug addiction problem in the state and the need to treat it. Shumlin also proposed $ 20,000 to ensure that the patients featured in "The Hungry Heart," can visit …
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Drug Take Back Day

Drug Take Back Day
Also happening at our 3 News Studios people were doing a little spring cleaning of their medicine cabinets. Today was the 4th Annual Coastal Bend Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Prescription drug abuse is not only a big problem here in the Coastal Bend but across the nation as well. Local pharmacists along with CCPD and DEA agents were on hand taking your unused or unwanted prescription drugs … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Substance abuse
1959) —  Spandau Ballet (1983) The simplest way to understand this is: more is not necessarily better. It’s got to do with our use of prescription drugs – the kinds legally prescribed and procured – the kinds that come from doctors. According to the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug addiction is defined as “a chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results